Stocking



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STOGKING Filed May 5, 1927 Jhvenof'. HTML k ffy f w W .lm-...1.5: v. E

Patented Aug. 13, 1929.

UNITED STATES FRANK W. GRSE, OF NEEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

STOCKING.

Application filed May 5,

This invention relates to knitted articles and particularly to circular-knit hoslery, as golf stockings, and has for an .object the provision ot' a circular-knit stocking having a garter for holding the stocking on the leg, which garter is characterized by being integral with the stocking and is composed of a plurality of continuous courses of elastic rubber thread which are inlaid in the yarn courses during the process of knitting the stocking on a circular knitting machine.

A further object of the invention is generallyto improve the construction and usefnlness of circular-knit garments.

Fig. l is a detail of a circularknit ribbed stocking with the ribs separated to expose the circular courses of inlaid elastic threads comprising the integral garter section of the stocking.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View ofthe top or welt of the stocking taken along line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a View similar to Flg. 2 but with the upper portion of the welt turned down to form a cuff and illustrating the location of the garter as within the cuff.

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic representation of the continuous circular courses of elastic thread forming the garter.

Fig. 5 is a View of a modified form of stocking, wherein the garter is immediately below the welt.

Fig. 6 is a sectional View through Fig. 5 showing how the welt is adapted to be turned down, as a cuff, over the garter.

Fig. 7 is a detail showing the appearance of the inside of the stocking of Figs. 1 and 5 at the garter.

- The invention is here shown as applied to a circular-knit ribbed golf stocking which is made on a circular knitting machine in more or less usual manner', the particular knit being a two and one knit, there being two ribs 10 on the outside and one rib 12 on the inside of the fabric, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 5 and 7 and the fabric is comprised of the usual continuous circular courses of yarn.

The stocking consists of the body 14of which only the upper part is shown, the lower part being constructed in the usual manner. The upper part of the stocking which, as here shown, is an integral continuation of the body 14, has a long welt 16 which is formed by'inturning the upper 1927. Serial No. 189,054.

portion of the outer fabric section 18 to form the inner section 20 and uniting the inner end to the body in the usual manner. In Figs. 2 and 3, however, the welt is about twice as deep as is customary for a purpose that will present-ly appear.

During the process of knitting the section 18, a covered elastic thread 22 is run in or inlaid with the yarn courses to form a plurality of continuous spiral courses 24 as indicated especially in Fig. 4; and a sufficient number of elastic thread courses are provided to form an elastic or garter section that will hold the stocking up in a satisfactory manner. The elastic' thread courses may occupy. every yarn course or they may skip certain courses'in a manner not necessarily shown, if desired. The two ends of the elastic thread are tied to the yarn to anchor the ends. Preferably the elastic thread is under practically no tension when it is laid in the yarn courses so that .it does not distort or otherwise alter the shape of the stocking. The size of the stocking at the elastic threads is adapted to be such that, when the stocking is stretched on the leg, the elastic thread eonvolutions are under sufiicicnt tension to hold the stocking in place. The elasticthread, however, can be laid inthe yarn courses under sufficient tension to exert a proper restraining effect, or it can be slack, or the characteristics of the elastic thread, 'that is, its size and its stretch, can be selected to give suitable results.

The elastic thread convolutions are, or

the garter-section is, incorporated in the outer welt section 18 in the upper portion thereof in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and the upper portion with the garter section is adapted to be turned down, as a cuff, over the lower portion ofthe welt. As thus arranged, the elastic thread section is under the welt! section 20, which is thus outermost and is entirely concealed andserves not only to 'hold the stocking on the 'leg but the cuff `snugly against the leg. That portion of the welt section lying within the garter sectlon acts as a cushion against which the garter section bears and so prevents the garter from bindinounduly on the leg.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, the garter section 24a is formed asV before with the exception that it isl in the body 14L of the stocking immediately under the Welt 16, and the welt is adapted to be turned down as a. cuif over the garter section. The construction, otherwise, is as before.

The cover for the elastic thread prefer- Y below the top of the stocking and the top adapted to be folded over and constitute a cover which conceals the elastic section and the elastic threads thereof.

2. A 'circular-knit stocking having the usual continuous circular yarn courses and a welt at the top formed by down-turning the top-portion of the knitted fabric over the lower section thereof, and an elastic garter section in the upper portion only of and integral with the welt'and composed of a plurality of continuous spiral courses of elastic thread inlaid with the courses of yarn.

3. A circular-knit stocking having the usual continuous yarn courses, and a welt at the top, and an elastic garter section in the upper portion only of and integral with the welt and composed of a plurality of continuous spiral courses of elastic thread inlaid with the courses of yarn, said welt with its garter section adapted to be turned down over the lower part of the stocking, and the fabric of the lower part of the stocking adapted to form a yielding cushion for the garter section.

4. A circular-knit stocking having the usual continuous yarn courses and a welt top formed by down turning the fabric at the top of the stocking within the stocking, and an elastic garter section in and integral with the upper part of the welt and composed of a plurality of continuous spiral courses of elastic thread inlaid with the courses of yarn in the outer 'fabric of the velt, the upper portion of the welt with the garter section, adapted to be down turned upon the lower portion of the welt, and the lower portion of the welt providing a cushion for the garter section. 4

5. A circular-knit stocking having a double-fabric top, and a garter-section in the upper portion only of and integral with the outer fabric only of the top and composed of a plurality of continuous spiral courses of elastic thread inlaid with the yarn courses in the outer fabric, said courses of elastic thread comprising a garter which is integral with the stocking.

6. A circular-knit stocking having a double-fabric welt turned down over the body of the stocking, and a garter-section in the upper portion only of and integral with the outer fabric only of the Welt and composed of a plurality of continuous spiral courses of elastic thread inlaid with the courses of yarn in the inner fabric.

ln testimony whereof, I have signed my name to Lthis specification.

FRANK W. GORSE. 

